Mechanical toy



April 14, 1925.

C. BATY, JR

MECHANICAL TOY Filed Nov. 14, 1922 Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

. UNITED STATES CHARLES BATY, JR]. or sAcRAMENTo, CALIFORNIA.

I MECHANICAL roY.

ap licationfiled iravember'r i, 1922. Serra-1m. 6005809. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BA'rY, J12, acitizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, county of Sacramento, and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical toys. It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a simple and inexpensive toy, which may be operated by children to provide them with amusement. t

' The invention contemplates the use of a tank in which a current of water may be created by an agitator; a slide and an elevator are positioned above the tank so that miniature manikins may be continuously elevated and permitted to plunge down the slide into the tank. The current of water created is such as to carry the manikins back to the foot of the elevator for another plunge. 1

One form which the invention may as sume is exemplified in the following description and illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a toy embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same taken 011 line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a rectangular tank having interior walls 13 which form a continuous waterway 14L. Arranged above the waterway 14; and supported by the walls 13 is an inclined slide 15. Adjacent the slide is an inclined continuous elevator 16 which extends from the upper end of the slide to the tank on an incline opposite to that of the slide. The elevator is provided with a plu- :rality of fingers 17 which are intended to .engage miniature manikins 18 and elevate them from the water in the waterway to the top of the slide. The manikins are released by the fingers at the top of the slide and are caused to plunge down theslide into the water by gravity.

An agitator or paddle wheel 19 is mounted in the waterway and serves to create a current in the water traveling in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 1. As the manikins are buoyant, the current will carry them from the foot of the slide to the foot of the elevator. Here they will be picked up by the elevator and again be delivered to the top of the slide for another plunge.

The elevator is provided with an upper pulley 20 and a lower pulley 21, the" latter is connected. by a cross belt 22 to the paddle wheel. The pulley 21: may be" rotated by a shaft 23 and a crank 24. It is seen that the elevator and the agitator are operated in unison.

In actual operation, turning movement. imparted to the crank 24 actuates the elevator and rotates the agitator to create a watercurrent in the waterway. Manikins floating in the waterway will be carried by the current and delivered to the foot of the elevator. This element will pick up the inanikin and deposit it on the top of the slide, down which it may plunge by gravity. hen the manikin strikes the water it will be carried with the current to the elevator for another plunge. I

It is seen that the toy will imitate a p1urality of swimmers in a tank, and will operate continuously' as long as the crank is turned.

From the foregoing it is obvious that the device here disclosed while simple in construction provides a very desirable toy which is inexpensive to manufacture.

lVhile I have shown the preferred form of the invention as now known to me, it is understood, that various changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z 1. A toy comprising a rectangular tank having a continuous waterway formed therein containing water, a plurality of luioyant miniature manikins an inclined slide positioned above the water, an cndless elevator inclined opposite to the slide and interposed between the upper end of the slide and the tank, pins on said elevator for engaging the manikins and elevating them from the water to the top of the slide and there permitting them to plunge down the slide into the water, a paddle wheel in said waterway ,for creating a constant current therein to carry the manikins from the foot of the slide to the foot of the elevator, an operative connection between the paddle Wheel and the elevator, and a crank for operating the same in unison.

2. A toy comprising a comparatively shallow rectangulartank, a continuous waterway formed in said tank, said waterway til having spaced parallel courses connected at their ends by semicircular courses to form a continuous Waterway, said Waterway being formed by vertical Walls extending from the bottom of said tank, an inclined slide positioned above one of the parallel courses of the Waterway, an endless elevator belt disposed on an incline opposite the slide and interposed between the upper end of the slide and the Waterway, pairs of pins projecting from said elevator belt, aplurality of buoyant miniature manikins, a paddle the top of the slide and there released, permitting them to plunge down the slide into the water, an operative connection between the paddle Wheel and the elevator belt, and

a hand crank for operating the same in unison.

CHARLES BATY, J. 

